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Need some help trying to figure out how to make my Captivate turn on...I press power and get the AT&T slash screen and then the galaxy s logo loads for about 3 minutes and goes to blank dark screen with the capacitive buttons lit. this is not good because my **** won't boot into recovery either
You should flash to stock then...pull battery, hold volume buttons and plug in usb with odin loaded and ready on the computer. There's plenty of threads to help you out
Sent from my phone so excuse the spelling errors
Funnily enough... My phone just did that too. I was installing Mort Widget and it just totally bricked...
I'm rather p!ssed at this...
Course this was after it deleted all my email accounts and SMS.
What you'll need.
Odin (search or look in any of the ROM/Firmware threads, for example the i9000 ROM or unofficial JH2 or JH3 ROM)
Your USB cable.
The firmware files.
Steps:
Remove battery, SIM card and micro SD card.
Open Odin on the computer.
Put the battery back in.
Plug in the USB cable to the phone.
Hold both volume up and down.
With VOL up/down held in, plug usb cable to the computer.
Your phone will show the beloved DOWNLOADING yellow image.
Odin:
Simply select the rom/firmware you want to flash to and enjoy.
I can confirm this will not overwrite the phone's internal 16gb storage, which is where most apps save backups to.
Future steps:
Before trying anything crazy, copy the entire phone internal 16gb storage to your computer. If you brick, you can always get a new captivate, copy the junk back and run a restore.
I recommend Titanium backup (donate the $6, the backup/restore is SUPER SUPER fast) along with Clockwork recovery. Clockwork's Nandroid makes full kernel backups and you can boot to recovery from the phone itself. No more adb reboot download or adb reboot recovery.
sorry for my english i have a 19000m the one from bell my phone boot with the GALAXY S LOGO WITH THE MUSIC BUT AFTER THAT BLACK SCREEN CAN I REPAIR THAT ?
Yes, odin is about your only hope here... Even if you boot into the bios and try to do a factory reset it will come up with error after error...
Reflashing will totally wipe and start fresh.
I am curious however. I think i isolated where my problem came from but I am still curious...
Did you try to sideload anything?
It happened to me twice with Bell's Vibrant version. The first time, just after one week after getting it (not rooted). They simply gave me a brand new one.
The second one took 3 week to go dead. Knowing my way around Linux Embedded systems, this time I investigated the issue. In recovery mode, there were error messages saying that the system could not fine the internal flash memory partitions. I could confirm from the kernel messages that partitions on internal sdcard had disappeared. I did factory reset, reflash original stock firmware with Odin, but it did nothing.
I Sent the phone back for repair and three weeks later, they gave me another one (probably refurbished!!).
My phone just turns on, with a black screen and the capacitive buttons lit up. Nothing else happens. When I try to go into download mode, it only goes back to this black screen. I does however detect that the phone is connected driver wise on the computer, but does not show up in Hemidall or Odin. I've tried just about everything
i used ODIN to resotore the phont to stock
but when it finsh...i get black screen
and the phone dose not work or do anything.
any help plzzz
isa.ahmed said:
i used ODIN to resotore the phont to stock
but when it finsh...i get black screen
and the phone dose not work or do anything.
any help plzzz
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Does it light up or display anything and then go black, or does it just do nothing? If it does nothing, you're probably bricked, but try this anyway just in case your phone still has some life in it:
open Odin; press and hold both volume buttons and plug in your USB. If Odin lights up yellow, flash.
If that doesn't work, buy or build a jig, use it, and see if it goes into download mode. If it doesn't, plug the cable in anyway and see if Odin recognizes it. If it does, flash.
If that doesn't work, you're probably bricked. JTAG or Unbrickable Mod are your options from here, neither of which I personally know anything about but you can search around and find someone who can help you.
Hard Bricked= No signs of life, black screen no matter what, no response to USB plug in. Nothing but Unbrickable mod or JTAG will fix, I WOULD SUGGEST getting Unbrickable because you only have to get it once, and it cost the same as JTAG.
Soft Bricked= DL mode access is available(by jig or button combo and usb), recovery too, has some life in it. Can use ODIN/HEIMDALL to fix it.
when the flashing finsh and say done...and show the green light in the ODIN. the phone did not start up
dose this mean it break or dead charger?
as m not shure if the battery is full or not.
anyway i can pass the battery by over it with cuted USB cable?
isa.ahmed said:
when the flashing finsh and say done...and show the green light in the ODIN. the phone did not start up
dose this mean it break or dead charger?
as m not shure if the battery is full or not.
anyway i can pass the battery by over it with cuted USB cable?
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If you got a green light, I would think it should at least turn on. However, if it was a successful flash, it should charge with the phone off. A bricked phone and a bad charger would both look the same: dead.
Try a different charger or battery if you think your battery could that dead. However if your battery died during your flash, that could also be the cause of your brick.
i charge the battery...and nothing happend
will the USB JAG solve it?
as i read in some post this will not
i need to send to some one to do it by opeing the phont it self
isa.ahmed said:
i charge the battery...and nothing happend
will the USB JAG solve it?
as i read in some post this will not
i need to send to some one to do it by opeing the phont it self
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A jig is worth trying, but I suspect it will not solve your issue. You are correct, you need to send it to someone to have it fixed. Send a PM to AdamOutler or Connexion2005 and they can point you in the right direction.
what a crapy phone
i had Moto Defy and i never face same issue
so now am end with usellss phone..and need to theough away
what a waist of mony
isa.ahmed said:
what a crapy phone
i had Moto Defy and i never face same issue
so now am end with usellss phone..and need to theough away
what a waist of mony
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You moto defy never flashed boot loaders since Motorola always had them locked down, and if you didn't know what you were doing flashing the stock Emma's that had boot loaders then it is not the phones fault. You should never really have to flash boot loaders and that is the ONLY risky part in flashing on these phones. Other than that Samsung cappys are almost TRUELY unbrickable (HARD BRICK) unless you mess up flashing boot loaders. WHICH YOU DID WHETHER YOU KNEW IT OR NOT BY FLASHING THE STOCK ODIN. SEND IT FOR UNBRICKABLE MOD, it is cheap repair and you WONT run into your same mistake ever again.
Sent from My KickAss CM7 Captivate
so no way i can do it here?
need to send it?to who i send? and who to trust?
i found some one will do for 50$
http://www.mobiletechvideos.com/blog/?page_id=776
Adam Outler
Sent from my SGH-I897 using xda premium
and other issue, i never toch the bootloader of it
i only re flash the OS of it only..and end with black screen.
this gay he will do what?
can the agent do it?
as it will be easer than to send it
can i have link of who will do it
Hi,
I have a 1 month old HTC Vivid. It was running it on ICS 4.0.3 and it was rooted. Today, while I was working on it, it suddenly powered off and now it won't do anything. Like it doesn't display anything on the screen, doesn't get powered up and when I connect the charger, I can't even see the orange light. ITS TOTALLY F**KED UP!!!
Please Help!! Thanks!!
Can you boot into H-Boot?
Sent from my HTC PH39100 using XDA
I got the same problem. The phone did not work at all. It only flashed for a few seconds when I pressed the power button. I searched all the websites, but nothing worked. My solution is to send the phone to HTC to have it fix. They have a very good customer service.
With the charger plugged in, does the phone vibrate when the HOME, MENU, BACK, or SEARCH buttons are pressed?
Had a similar problem, for me HTC was the only solution, just say that it happened suddenly and dont mention anything about boot loader or roms.
Have you guys tried project UNBRICK yet? Search that on the forum here, as I can't post links yet.
jul644 said:
Had a similar problem, for me HTC was the only solution, just say that it happened suddenly and dont mention anything about boot loader or roms.
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This. AT&T replaced my no-power Vivid under the One Year Warranty.
BTJustice said:
With the charger plugged in, does the phone vibrate when the HOME, MENU, BACK, or SEARCH buttons are pressed?
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mine does. do you know how to fix it.
rhino474 said:
mine does. do you know how to fix it.
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Yes but it is a pain and takes several tries. I had this problem a few days ago and this was the only way I could get around it.
I HOPE YOU HAVE DATA BACKED UP! That's your responsibility and not mine. If this ruins your phone then tough. I will not be held responsible for a bricked phone...
First off, assuming the bootloader is UNLOCKED, install the ALL IN ONE tool on your computer (it actually runs from a folder and doesn't really install which is good)...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1498003
Open it, then...
Remove any bought protective case (it may mess with the buttons).
Unplug charger.
Remove battery.
Wait 5 minutes.
Reinstall battery.
Plug in USB cable from the computer.
Hold down the VOLUME DOWN button and then the POWER button.
It should boot into the bootloader. On the ALL IN ONE tool, flash recovery to CWM. Once complete, click on "Boot into Recovery".
If the phone does not boot into Recovery, flash recovery to WCX.
If the phone reboots into Recovery, you will want to do a factory reset, wipe cache, go to mounts and format them all. Then mount it as USB and copy/paste a ROM over and flash to that ROM. I like Virtuous Inquisition v4.0.2.1.
Good luck.
BTJustice said:
Yes but it is a pain and takes several tries. I had this problem a few days ago and this was the only way I could get around it.
I HOPE YOU HAVE DATA BACKED UP! That's your responsibility and not mine. If this ruins your phone then tough. I will not be held responsible for a bricked phone...
First off, assuming the bootloader is UNLOCKED, install the ALL IN ONE tool on your computer (it actually runs from a folder and doesn't really install which is good)...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1498003
Open it, then...
Remove any bought protective case (it may mess with the buttons).
Unplug charger.
Remove battery.
Wait 5 minutes.
Reinstall battery.
Plug in USB cable from the computer.
Hold down the VOLUME DOWN button and then the POWER button.
It should boot into the bootloader. On the ALL IN ONE tool, flash recovery to CWM. Once complete, click on "Boot into Recovery".
If the phone does not boot into Recovery, flash recovery to WCX.
If the phone reboots into Recovery, you will want to do a factory reset, wipe cache, go to mounts and format them all. Then mount it as USB and copy/paste a ROM over and flash to that ROM. I like Virtuous Inquisition v4.0.2.1.
Good luck.
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it didnt work, but thanks for trying.
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rhino474 said:
it didnt work, but thanks for trying.
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Never mind, I got it working. Thanks.
rhino474 said:
it didnt work, but thanks for trying.
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Never mind, I got it working. Thanks.
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What did you wind up doing to get it to work? Be descriptive.
I too had my vivid bricked but i use Toolkit to solve the issue.:victory:
BTJustice said:
Yes but it is a pain and takes several tries. I had this problem a few days ago and this was the only way I could get around it.
I HOPE YOU HAVE DATA BACKED UP! That's your responsibility and not mine. If this ruins your phone then tough. I will not be held responsible for a bricked phone...
First off, assuming the bootloader is UNLOCKED, install the ALL IN ONE tool on your computer (it actually runs from a folder and doesn't really install which is good)...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1498003
Open it, then...
Remove any bought protective case (it may mess with the buttons).
Unplug charger.
Remove battery.
Wait 5 minutes.
Reinstall battery.
Plug in USB cable from the computer.
Hold down the VOLUME DOWN button and then the POWER button.
It should boot into the bootloader. On the ALL IN ONE tool, flash recovery to CWM. Once complete, click on "Boot into Recovery".
If the phone does not boot into Recovery, flash recovery to WCX.
If the phone reboots into Recovery, you will want to do a factory reset, wipe cache, go to mounts and format them all. Then mount it as USB and copy/paste a ROM over and flash to that ROM. I like Virtuous Inquisition v4.0.2.1.
Good luck.
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Worked perfect - had to pull the kernel out of the ROM I used and flash it with the tool but it worked perfectly...
Im betting your screen might be toast, happened to my wife's vivid, completely just up and died one day for no reason. I haven't rooted yet and this sort of stuff makes me leary to do it.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1717766
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1479060
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1531208
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1694017
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1769616
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1652689
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1732268
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1754534
EDIT: I have stopped looking for these threads. The more I look, the more I find. If the above threads don't convince you that there is a serious issue with the vivid, then adding more of the same problem will no longer help.
I have added this thread to a growing list of similar threads. Please read the other threads and see if your issues seem familiar.
From what I understand... Don't let your battery run out on this phone. Some Vivids kill batteries.
Solution? None yet.
1. Buy a new battery once a couple of months-ish, until someone figures out why some Vivids are eating batteries. YMMV
*OR*
2. You might invest in a external charger and see if that can bring the "Vivid munched" battery back to life. YMMV
I vote to thread merge the above threads if this proves to be the issue.
I bricked my phone on Wednesday. I stupidly installed the JB update on 15% battery. I had the phone plugged into a charger during the update but turns out the charger was broken. I'm waiting on a Motorola Factory Cable so that I can use Fastboot to try to restore the phone.
However - since I was about 90% done with the Jelly Bean update when the phone shut off, will I be able to Fastboot ICS? Or am I bricked until JB Fastboot files are released?
TIA
have you tried a good wall charger?
depends on what state, phone is in when you reboot
if AP fastboot is still older version (0A.74), should be ok to flash ics xml
or may not need to anything
if AP fastboot version the new one (0A.77), you may need to wait...
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Yes, I have tried several different chargers. The phone boots up to the "M" splash screen and hangs there. I am able to get to Fastboot, and it is version 0A.74. What is "ICS XML"?
VRZ_XT894_6.7.2-180_DR4-16_M2-37_1FF.xml
and
How To flash droid 4 .xml Using RSD Lite
may need to buy a TBH’s Motorola Programing Cable, it will by-pass battery, so you can flash xml
also could try booting to Android Recovery, don't wipe data, try install update from cache
was phone rooted? if safestrap was installed, that would cause update to fail
Okay, thank you for the links. I have flashed that file several times before on this phone, I just didn't realize it had an "XML" extension. I have a TBH cable on its way from eBay. I cannot currently get to recovery. My phone was rooted, but I uninstalled SafeStrap before I updated.
I ended up getting antsy and building a TBH cable myself. I was able to Fastboot back to ICS 4.0.4 using the mentioned XML file. :victory: Thanks for the replies. This thread can be closed.
nice, glad it worked
now, jellybean?
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very lucky, fastboot had not been updated yet
Yes, VERY lucky! Especially because I suck at soldering! My cable looks like Frankenstein.
Jelly Bean now, but this time I think I will let my phone charge to 100% first
So I think I may have hard (or Soft) bricked my HTC one, I recently installed faux123's sense kernel: m7-faux123-GE444-016u and was experiencing several crashes and problems so I re flashed the elementalx kernel (A past WORKING configuration) following all the same steps I normally do when installing a new kernel (clearing cache and my devlick [Not sure how to spell it])
After re flashing I was experiencing boot issues where my phone wouldn't make it past the "HTC" Splash screen, so I tried several times re flashing ElementalX with different settings, after several tries i decided to restore from a recently made backup of my ROM, which gave me the same results as installing the ElementalX kernel... no ability to boot. Then out of frustration I decided to reformat my entire /sdcard thinking I could re flash my roms and kernels via usb and my laptop... until I went into fast boot... turns out I have ac mode locked (A kernel setting I set awhile back when experimenting) so now my phone is stuck in clockwork mod recovery and I'm unable to make any changes via ADB commands or Fast Boot.
So basically what I'm asking is if my phone is completely screwed over, and if there is any way of removing the AC Charging lock, without flashing a new kernel or booting (Since I did a full SD wipe, all my backups and roms, and kernels are gone) and if I will have to send my phone in to get it repaired
UPDATE: so I noticed some basic functions of the phone work, pressing the volume up and down keys eventually cause the phone to viberate, as if the phone is vibrating when it goes into silent mode, the backlight turns on and off when the power button is pressed quickly, what is going on, any ideas?? is the phone running properly and i just cant see it??
Final Update: So I got Everything working and I am now able to flash a new rom and everything on my phone... the way it was fixed was by use of the OTG cable, After leaving my phone running a little while The usb Mounted with absolutely no trouble I used the reccommended roms and it installed with no issues, now that I have a running backup I am now going to install the roms I used before all the issues arose, thank you for all your help!! you guys saved me a trip to a repair center, and also spending for a new phone Cheers!
Jromkes1 said:
So I think I may have hard (or Soft) bricked my HTC one, I recently installed faux123's sense kernel: m7-faux123-GE444-016u and was experiencing several crashes and problems so I re flashed the elementalx kernel (A past WORKING configuration) following all the same steps I normally do when installing a new kernel (clearing cache and my devlick [Not sure how to spell it])
After re flashing I was experiencing boot issues where my phone wouldn't make it past the "HTC" Splash screen, so I tried several times re flashing ElementalX with different settings, after several tries i decided to restore from a recently made backup of my ROM, which gave me the same results as installing the ElementalX kernel... no ability to boot. Then out of frustration I decided to reformat my entire /sdcard thinking I could re flash my roms and kernels via usb and my laptop... until I went into fast boot... turns out I have ac mode locked (A kernel setting I set awhile back when experimenting) so now my phone is stuck in clockwork mod recovery and I'm unable to make any changes via ADB commands or Fast Boot.
So basically what I'm asking is if my phone is completely screwed over, and if there is any way of removing the AC Charging lock, without flashing a new kernel or booting (Since I did a full SD wipe, all my backups and roms, and kernels are gone) and if I will have to send my phone in to get it repaired
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ummm lol oops, can you post your fastboot getvar all please, is that even possible ? then we can see if we can find an RUU for you to run through your phone.
EDIT, just saw you cant make any changes via fastboot or adb, my bad, my first question to you is why would you enable an option like that ?, I could suggest you get a USB OTG cable and stick a custom rom on it then plug it into the phone and from recovery flash it, problem is, most custom roms require twrp recovery and you have cwm.
you could send your phone in for repair, but im guessing your bootloader is unlocked and unfortunately, this voids warranty and you'll have to pay for any repairs.
Seanie280672 said:
ummm lol oops, can you post your fastboot getvar all please, is that even possible ? then we can see if we can find an RUU for you to run through your phone.
EDIT, just saw you cant make any changes via fastboot or adb, my bad, my first question to you is why would you enable an option like that ?, I could suggest you get a USB OTG cable and stick a custom rom on it then plug it into the phone and from recovery flash it, problem is, most custom roms require twrp recovery and you have cwm.
you could send your phone in for repair, but im guessing your bootloader is unlocked and unfortunately, this voids warranty and you'll have to pay for any repairs.
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Thanks for your response! (im a newbie, as you probably already know)
about the Force AC issue: I foolishly enabled it when i was customizing my kernel not knowing that it would give me this much trouble, and the effects it'd give.
if I got a OTG cable would that work? or would it go into AC mode? What if i got the sense venom rom and installed it on CWM? that's what I used before and it worked quite well. i am going to town now to buy a OTG cable ill be back and ill let you know how it goes, I think this may work... Finally a slight gleam of hope for my HTC One
Jromkes1 said:
Thanks for your response! (im a newbie, as you probably already know)
about the Force AC issue: I foolishly enabled it when i was customizing my kernel not knowing that it would give me this much trouble, and the effects it'd give.
if I got a OTG cable would that work? or would it go into AC mode? What if i got the sense venom rom and installed it on CWM? that's what I used before and it worked quite well. i am going to town now to buy a OTG cable ill be back and ill let you know how it goes, I think this may work... Finally a slight gleam of hope for my HTC One
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that rom will just bootloop, it requires twrp recovery.
you could try and put CM11 on a usb stick, plug the usb stick into one end of the OTG cable (on the go cable) and the other into your phone, boot into cwm and then select install from OTG, I think CM roms require CWM, cant promise anything, but worth a try.
normally you would beable to put stock rom.zip on the otg cable and flash that, but it requires a locked or re-locked bootloader, and that's not going to be possible without a fastboot command.
another option that springs to mind, is put the kernel you originally flashed on the OTG cable, install it in CWM, im guessing the option to enable force AC was enabled during install ? just disable it and continue with the kernel flash, after a reboot you may get fastboot USB, easy to fix once you get that.
Jromkes1 said:
So I think I may have hard (or Soft) bricked my HTC one, I recently installed faux123's sense kernel: m7-faux123-GE444-016u and was experiencing several crashes and problems so I re flashed the elementalx kernel (A past WORKING configuration) following all the same steps I normally do when installing a new kernel (clearing cache and my devlick [Not sure how to spell it])
After re flashing I was experiencing boot issues where my phone wouldn't make it past the "HTC" Splash screen, so I tried several times re flashing ElementalX with different settings, after several tries i decided to restore from a recently made backup of my ROM, which gave me the same results as installing the ElementalX kernel... no ability to boot. Then out of frustration I decided to reformat my entire /sdcard thinking I could re flash my roms and kernels via usb and my laptop... until I went into fast boot... turns out I have ac mode locked (A kernel setting I set awhile back when experimenting) so now my phone is stuck in clockwork mod recovery and I'm unable to make any changes via ADB commands or Fast Boot.
So basically what I'm asking is if my phone is completely screwed over, and if there is any way of removing the AC Charging lock, without flashing a new kernel or booting (Since I did a full SD wipe, all my backups and roms, and kernels are gone) and if I will have to send my phone in to get it repaired
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I second the idea of the USB OTG, I use mine all the time.
this Older version of ARHD should work fine with cwm
http://www.androidrevolution.org/downloader/download.php?file=Android_Revolution_HD-One_31.6.zip
clsA said:
I second the idea of the USB OTG, I use mine all the time.
this Older version of ARHD should work fine with cwm
http://www.androidrevolution.org/downloader/download.php?file=Android_Revolution_HD-One_31.6.zip
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I use mine all the time too, mainly for backup's though, I have a 8gb USB stick pretty much full of backup's
OK So i got an OTG cable and now I am preparing to download the required roms and everything onto the USB, the only question i have is if the usb will work with the current (AC only) power settings, or will it not work? *Sigh* this is so frusterating
EDIT: soo... the OTG cable does not work from what it appears, I just cannot figure out a way to mount it with CWM, any ideas?
Jromkes1 said:
OK So i got an OTG cable and now I am preparing to download the required roms and everything onto the USB, the only question i have is if the usb will work with the current (AC only) power settings, or will it not work? *Sigh* this is so frusterating
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only one way to find out, with the phone in the bootloader, plug in the USB OTG cable now and see if it turns to fastboot host ?
if not, don't worry just yet, you'll still need to see if it works in recovery or not.
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Jromkes1 said:
OK So i got an OTG cable and now I am preparing to download the required roms and everything onto the USB, the only question i have is if the usb will work with the current (AC only) power settings, or will it not work? *Sigh* this is so frusterating
EDIT: soo... the OTG cable does not work from what it appears, I just cannot figure out a way to mount it with CWM, any ideas?
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when you select install, does it not give you an option to choose between internal storage and USB OTG ?
Seanie280672 said:
only one way to find out, with the phone in the bootloader, plug in the USB OTG cable now and see if it turns to fastboot host ?
if not, don't worry just yet, you'll still need to see if it works in recovery or not.
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when you select install, does it not give you an option to choose between internal storage and USB OTG ?
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no it does not, i went to advanced > mounts and storage > Mount USB Storage and nothing happens aswell
EDIT: Fastboot does not turn into fastboot Host either
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no it does not, i went to advanced > mounts and storage > Mount USB Storage and nothing happens aswell
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unfortunately I think its lost, theres only a couple more things you could possibly try, one is to riffbox it, you should beable to get this done at a little back street mobile phone shop or although its not a hard brick, you could try this, not sure if it will work on your device, but if it does it will re-write your partitions.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2770684
this is the first soft brick.......ummm.......hard brick HTC M7 ive seen.
Seanie280672 said:
unfortunately I think its lost, theres only a couple more things you could possibly try, one is to riffbox it, you should beable to get this done at a little back street mobile phone shop or although its not a hard brick, you could try this, not sure if it will work on your device, but if it does it will re-write your partitions.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2770684
this is the first soft brick.......ummm.......hard brick HTC M7 ive seen.
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ok, the only problem is that it requires a usb connection, and that's my problem, it changes to AC power when it gets plugged into any powered device via usb... see I know i could fix my problem if it were not for the damn kernel settings I made a long while ago, like It still works, I just can't access the internal SD card
Jromkes1 said:
no it does not, i went to advanced > mounts and storage > Mount USB Storage and nothing happens aswell
EDIT: Fastboot does not turn into fastboot Host either
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maybe this will help
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLISkavPg9U
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Seanie280672 said:
I use mine all the time too, mainly for backup's though, I have a 8gb USB stick pretty much full of backup's
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I have a couple of these their really handy
http://www.kingston.com/us/usb/pers...SB-OTG&gclid=CISjr6HI_78CFSxk7AodwFEABQ#DTDUO
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maybe this will help
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLISkavPg9U
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I have a couple of these their really handy
http://www.kingston.com/us/usb/pers...SB-OTG&gclid=CISjr6HI_78CFSxk7AodwFEABQ#DTDUO
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sadly I was just watching the same video, I have no options to open the OTG external sd cards, anywhere, I am genuinely mystified by this
Jromkes1 said:
sadly I was just watching the same video, I have no options to open the OTG external sd cards, anywhere, I am genuinely mystified by this
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not OTG just install / external sdcard
reformat the flash drive your using to fat32 copy the rom to it and try again
clsA said:
not OTG just install / external sdcard
reformat the flash drive your using to fat32 copy the rom to it and try again
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still nothing... but i did find something interesting, when it reboots and it passes the HTC splash screen the screen goes black like it should, but the USB light turns on and it flashes like its supposed to (No Light when in recovery), and also the power buttons turns on and off the backlight, and the volume buttons turns seems to make the mute single vibration when it is pressed down enough times. very strange
edit: when doing the unlocking gesture it seems my phone is working! volume presses makes the default beep, holding power buttons makes a quick vibration like when the power menu appears... do you think my phone IS working its just the kernel that is messed up? and is not allowing my screen to function correctly?
I recently did the latest update to my T-mobile Note 4 upon updating the phone, the phone was in a constant boot loop and finally installed the update to the device. Upon installing the new software update to the phone it began the reboot loop and eventually started up I received one text message and it began to loop again and now it will not turn on. None of the button combinations will turn the phone on it is not accepting a charge either. I put the battery in another note 4 and it works fine and shows 79 percent of the battery is charged. What can be done to get the phone to wake up out of it's current state most of the pictures were salvaged with drop box, but it did not update from a family funeral yesterday with several pictures and those are important. Has anyone had this issue before and what was done to fix it?
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I recently did the latest update to my T-mobile Note 4 upon updating the phone, the phone was in a constant boot loop and finally installed the update to the device. Upon installing the new software update to the phone it began the reboot loop and eventually started up I received one text message and it began to loop again and now it will not turn on. None of the button combinations will turn the phone on it is not accepting a charge either. I put the battery in another note 4 and it works fine and shows 79 percent of the battery is charged. What can be done to get the phone to wake up out of it's current state most of the pictures were salvaged with drop box, but it did not update from a family funeral yesterday with several pictures and those are important. Has anyone had this issue before and what was done to fix it?
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A few questions I would ask to be able to help would be:
Which baseband/bootloader/version were you on and which upgrade was your Note IV attempting to install?
Are you rooted or stock?
When you say that it bootlooped a bunch and then "finally installed the update", was that with no user interaction at all? seems odd to me for a bootloop to repeat and then randomly work.
If I were you and after pulling battery for 30 seconds doesnt work and holding down home+power+volume up, then try plugging it into a USB port on your computer and see if it recognizes it. Make sure your PC has latest samsung usb drivers.
Modzilla44 said:
A few questions I would ask to be able to help would be:
Which baseband/bootloader/version were you on and which upgrade was your Note IV attempting to install?
Are you rooted or stock?
When you say that it bootlooped a bunch and then "finally installed the update", was that with no user interaction at all? seems odd to me for a bootloop to repeat and then randomly work.
If I were you and after pulling battery for 30 seconds doesnt work and holding down home+power+volume up, then try plugging it into a USB port on your computer and see if it recognizes it. Make sure your PC has latest samsung usb drivers.
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All stock the last update performed was for that security hole android had on the android 5.1.1. What I mean is that during the install the phone kept restarting and restarting and then it installed the updates and went to the home screen. When it reached the home screen it showed me one text and I went on charging the phone thinking it was normal woke up this morning the phone was off yet the battery still has 79 percent when placed in another note 4 phone. I tried plugging into the pc the phone isn't recognized because it does not turned on it says unrecognizable usb device and I installed the latest samsung drivers as well I've tried those button combinations as well as pulling the battery. I'm wondering if the update corrupted something prohibiting it from booting it doesn't take a charge either when connected to the wall it's almost like the phone is in a stale state.
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All stock the last update performed was for that security hole android had on the android 5.1.1. What I mean is that during the install the phone kept restarting and restarting and then it installed the updates and went to the home screen. When it reached the home screen it showed me one text and I went on charging the phone thinking it was normal woke up this morning the phone was off yet the battery still has 79 percent when placed in another note 4 phone. I tried plugging into the pc the phone isn't recognized because it does not turned on it says unrecognizable usb device and I installed the latest samsung drivers as well I've tried those button combinations as well as pulling the battery. I'm wondering if the update corrupted something prohibiting it from booting it doesn't take a charge either when connected to the wall it's almost like the phone is in a stale state.
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Have you tried installing Kies on your PC to see if it can detect it? I believe it has a couple special options for detecting and repairing corrupted stock updates. http://www.samsung.com/us/support/owners/app/kies
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Have you tried installing Kies on your PC to see if it can detect it? I believe it has a couple special options for detecting and repairing corrupted stock updates. http://www.samsung.com/us/support/owners/app/kies
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I haven't tried kies I tried smart switch though and the phone wasn't detected I'll try kies as well. I'll be back with an update appreciate the help.
Kies didn't work because the phone can't be recognize by the program the computer makes a noise knowing when the phone is connected but the screen on phone doesn't turn on I can't even get it to boot up or accept a charge and the battery is nearly full given that I put it in another phone to check. I've tried even starting the phone up with no battery using direct charger as primary source but it didn't work. I'm not sure how the update fried my phone, but I'm going to be losing some important pics drop box didn't sync yesterday during a family funeral.
That is just really ****ty luck. They say there is always a small chance that flashing anything can cause epic partition disasters. If kies is detecting it but saying it's unable to connect then I'd say the phone is toast. You might be able to get Odin to recognize it and reflash the entire ROM, but that would obviously destroy any data you had on the device previously. Might look into doing an adb pull or backup but being realistic with expectations, I'd say the chances of them working considering what you've done is minimal.
Since you're on stock anyways I'd just go warranty exchange it if you can. Not worth dicking around with Odin if you are stock.
Sorry I couldn't be more help but I would take this opportunity to seriously get yourself a cloud based automatic backup so you don't have to worry about these things anymore. I had something similar happen to me and I lost all my data and now it all syncs to my ex_sdcard and Dropbox haha..can never be too sure
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Yeah I never flashed anything it was an over the air update basically that went bad. The last time I flashed software using odin I didn't lose any of my information it stayed on the internal memory and was there still. It truly is sad they roll out an update over air and it bricks your phone makes no sense.
Modzilla44 said:
A few questions I would ask to be able to help would be:
Which baseband/bootloader/version were you on and which upgrade was your Note IV attempting to install?
Are you rooted or stock?
When you say that it bootlooped a bunch and then "finally installed the update", was that with no user interaction at all? seems odd to me for a bootloop to repeat and then randomly work.
If I were you and after pulling battery for 30 seconds doesnt work and holding down home+power+volume up, then try plugging it into a USB port on your computer and see if it recognizes it. Make sure your PC has latest samsung usb drivers.
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I have gotten the phone to turn on randomly it turned on and is now regularly turning on however it is still in a bootloop will not allow me to enter recovery I can enter custom OS have tried to root but it flashes and does not stick with phone for the custom recovery I'm not sure what I can do now that the phone turns on any suggestions?
When trying to root or enter recovery I get recovery is not Seandroid enforcing set warranty bit recovery and boot loop
Have you tried connecting it to kies again to see if it will repair the corrupted flash? If not, Google your bootloader and Odin flash the full stock firmware
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Have you tried connecting it to kies again to see if it will repair the corrupted flash? If not, Google your bootloader and Odin flash the full stock firmware
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I have a t-mobile 910T note 4. I will try kies again not sure what my bootloader is or was I'm just trying to do what ever i can to preserve the data on phone will flashing stock again delete the internal I know with root with my other note 4 it didn't. This phone was never rooted the over the air update boot looped the phone
I would definitely try using kies or even adb from command to see if you can pull the data from it. Flashing a full firmware will wipe all data Yeah so I'd use that as a last resort
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Not to sound stupid what's an adb command
Modzilla44 said:
Have you tried connecting it to kies again to see if it will repair the corrupted flash? If not, Google your bootloader and Odin flash the full stock firmware
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On this forum I have found just the bootloader available to down load if I download the full rom is it going to wipe the internal memory here is the link I'm referring to http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4-tmobile/development/mirror-stock-tw-t3260858
I think I might have it figured out just need clarity on if flashing just the bootloader will do the trick I also got a set warranty kernel on boot last time as well.
If it were me I'd install the following:
Twrp custom recovery : https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24052804347792887
Make sure you have latest drivers from Samsung. Flash twrp and see if you can boot into recovery and then either wipe cache or flash a bootloader zip from there. At the very least you could pull files from it once in recovery
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If that doesn't work then I'd read this guide on adb setup and commands. It seems daunting at first but incredibly useful
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2225405
Sorry I'm a bit short on explanation I'm just short on time. If you need anything more specific in terms of clarification don't hesitate to ask.
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I would visit your local tmobile store and have them look at it. Besides smartswitch they have a program they can run and possibly restore your phone before it gets totally borked up.
This could help justify rma with Samsung.
Pp.
My phone was dead. I used the original note 4 cable and it worked like a charme was able to odin to stock (new firmware) and root. I dont see any way out other than loosing all data
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This is what I see when I flash the root or recovery every single time. I know if I can get the recovery on the phone I can get the pictures on to my pc because I had a phone that was android locked that I did myself and rooted recovery and was able to get the pc to see and transfer files to pc so why is it showing this image am I doing something wrong?
PanchoPlanet said:
I would visit your local tmobile store and have them look at it. Besides smartswitch they have a program they can run and possibly restore your phone before it gets totally borked up.
This could help justify rma with Samsung.
Pp.
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They don't have that machine any more I use to work at t mobile that machine was a joke by the way I'll be able to get a replacement it's the funeral pictured that are most important to me they didn't sync to drop box for some reason and that's my main reason for trying to get the phone working. I've flashed everything I've been told to flash I still get the boot loop and the stupid se android reinforcing set recovery or set kernel etc currently it's recovery if I try to initiate recovery via the buttons it just boot loops